APOCYNACEJE. 



double ; each lobe with 1 ovule ; style filiform, enclosed ; 

 stigma capitate. Drupes berried, 2, by abortion solitary, each 

 with a rugose 1 -seeded nucleus. Blume. 



1122. O. serpentinum Linn. fl. zeyl. 329. Wendt in Rom. 

 arch. i. 53. t. 7. f. 2. Blume Bydr. 1034. Roxb.fi. ind. i. 694. 



(Rheede vi. t. 47. Rumph. vii. t. 16. Burm. zeyl. 141. t. 64.) 



Various parts of India. 



Stem woody, erect, climbing or twining. Leaves in threes or fives, 

 short-stalked, oblong, pointed, wavy, entire smooth, 4-5x2 inches. 

 Fascicles axillary, peduncled, many-flowered. Peduncles long, smooth, 

 round, sometimes nearly erect, sometimes drooping. Pedicels and 

 calyxes bright red. Corolla white. Root employed by the Telinga 

 physicians of India as a febrifuge, and alexipharmic ; and also to pro- 

 mote delivery in tedious cases. 



ALYXIA. 



Calyx short, 5 -toothed. Corolla hypocrateriform ; throat 

 naked; limb 5-cleft. Stamens enclosed ; anthers distinct. Ovary 

 double, with 1 -celled few-seeded lobes; style double; stigma 

 2-lobed. Drupes 2 or 1 only, stalked, containing a single 1 -seeded 

 stone. 



1 123. A. stellata R. and S. iv. 439. Blume Bydr. 1031. - 

 Gynopogon stellatus Forst. prodr. 117. Alyxia aromatica 

 Rnwdt. A. Reinwardtii Blume in cat. hort. Buitenz. 43. Malay 

 Archipelago, Society and Friendly Islands. 



A shrub with slender twigs. Leaves in whorls of 3, lanceolate, 

 rather obtuse, short-stalked, with very numerous fine parallel 

 oblique veins. Cymes axillary, stalked, few-flowered, much shorter 

 than the leaves. Tube of corolla longer than the calyx. Bark aro- 

 matic, with similar effects to those of Canella alba and Drymis Winteri, 

 for which it may be substituted. Lately introduced into German 

 practice, as a remedy for chronic diarrhoea and nervous complaints. 

 Dierbach. The bark has the odour of Melilot, and traces of Benzoic 

 acid have been found in it. 



WILLUGHBEIA. 



Calyx 5- toothed. Corolla hypocrateriform. Stigma capitate. 

 Ovary superior, 1-celled, with numerous ovules attached to 2 

 opposite parietal placentae. Berry 1-celled. Seeds few, nestling 

 in pulp. Albumen 0. Roxb. 



1124. W. edulis Roxb.fl. ind. ii. 57. Forests of Chittagong 

 and Silhet where it is called Luti-am. 



A very large climbing plant. Leaves opposite, short- stalked, oblong, 

 acuminate, entire, polished, with simple parallel veins ; 3-5 X 1-2 

 inches. Peduncles axillary and terminal, solitary, short, each support- 

 ing a few middling-sized, pale pink, short-stalked flowers, forming 

 small fascicles. Bracts solitary, at the base of each pedicel, ovate. 

 Calyx 5-toothed, with ovate, subciliate segments. Corolla infundi- 

 buliform ; the tube gibbous near the middle where the stamens are 

 lodged, a little hairy on the inside; the limb of 5, sublanceolate, 

 smooth, expanding segments, which are imbricated in the bud. Fila- 



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